title: Medicare and Medicaid programs; fire safety requirements for long term care facilities, automatic sprinkler systems. Final rule.
abstract: This final rule requires all long term care facilities to be equipped with sprinkler systems by August 13, 2013. Additionally, this final rule requires affected facilities to maintain their automatic sprinkler systems once they are installed.
mesh_terms: D002028:Building Codes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005388:Fire Extinguishing Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005390:Fires / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017751:Safety Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States